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Date:      Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:33:58 -0700
From:      Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
To:        Alex R <alex@mailinglist.ahhyes.net>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Scheduler weirdness
Message-ID:  <20091012043358.GA39364@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
In-Reply-To: <4AD29937.2040004@mailinglist.ahhyes.net>
References:  <6729ad0409e449f8dbda69ecd8feb618.squirrel@webmail.lerctr.org> <20091012014846.GB38325@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <fe073255a48a675c0a8ab5bb8c105e61.squirrel@webmail.lerctr.org> <20091012023912.GA38822@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <4AD29937.2040004@mailinglist.ahhyes.net>

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On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 01:49:27PM +1100, Alex R wrote:
> Steve Kargl wrote:
> >So, you have 4 cpus and 4 folding-at-home processes and you're
> >trying to use the system with other apps?  Switch to 4BSD.
> >
> >  
> 
> I thought SCHED_ULE was meant to be a much better choice under an SMP 
> environment. Why are you suggesting he rebuild his kernel and use the 
> legacy scheduler?
> 

If you have N cpus and N+1 numerical intensitive applications,
ULE may have poor performance compared to 4BSD.   In OP's case,
he has 4 cpus and 4 numerical intensity (?) applications.  He,
however, also is trying to use the system in some interactive
way.

-- 
Steve



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